In a wild race Sunday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway that featured 72 lead adjustments and wherein few drivers have been in a position to set up dominance, Ford drivers McDowell and Brad Keselowski seemed able to resolve the win between themselves.
As the 2 exited Flip 4 and entered the tri-oval on the ultimate lap, McDowell went excessive to dam an advance by Keselowski, however Keselowski rapidly dove low to attempt to get the lead.
McDowell went low to dam once more, however this time Keselowski had already established place and as an alternative, crossed the nostril of Keselowski’s No. 6 Ford and ended up being was the wall.
Within the aftermath of McDowell’s wreck, Tyler Reddick bought by Keselowski to seize the victory for Toyota and leaving Ford and its new ‘Darkish Horse’ Mustang nonetheless winless on the season.
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“We did a very good job getting out entrance and controlling the race and placing ourselves in place,” stated McDowell, who led a race-high 36 laps in his No. 34 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford. “Brad is so good at this place, and he drug again and I drug again as fast as I might and was in a position to block that first run that he made.
“Then, after I got here down for the second he was simply to my bumper. I imply barely, barely bought me so it’s unlucky. I hate it for him and I hate it for everyone that was behind that. It’s the final lap at Talladega. We’re all going for it.
“We had a shot at doing it there. Sadly, I simply made a nasty transfer there to place us in that spot.”
McDowell and his Entrance Row teammate, Todd Gilliland, have proven velocity and been in competition for wins this season, however have but to have the ability to attain Victory Lane.
Requested if felt extra motivated or annoyed after a aggressive efficiency like Sunday, McDowell stated it was partly each.
“I’m annoyed proper now. I’m motivated by our skill to run up there and handle the lanes and do all of the issues that we did,” he stated. “Our automobile drove very well and took a push properly and had lots of velocity, so these are good issues, but it surely’s wadded up in a pile of rubble proper now.
“It’s simply unlucky. It’s been a troublesome stretch right here, however we’ve had velocity and we’ve run up entrance and if we preserve doing that, we’ll win a race.”
